Denise Nellen

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Denise Nellen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Denise Nellen has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Denise Nellen's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (3 papers). Denise Nellen is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (3 papers). Denise Nellen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland and United States. Denise Nellen's co-authors include Konrad Basler, Richard Burke, Markus Affolter, Gary Struhl, Manolo Bellotto, Kirsten-André Senti, Barry J. Dickson, Ernst Hafen, Thomas Marty and Esther Ruberte and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Denise Nellen

10 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Direct and Long-Range Action of a DPP Morphogen Gradient 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Direct and Long-Range Action of a DPP Morphogen Gradient
    1996 780 citations Denise Nellen, Richard Burke et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Denise Nellen Switzerland 10 2.7k 622 477 356 165 10 2.9k
Bernard M. Mechler Germany 27 2.3k 0.8× 730 1.2× 365 0.8× 256 0.7× 226 1.4× 60 2.8k
Laurel A. Raftery United States 29 2.8k 1.0× 656 1.1× 427 0.9× 479 1.3× 203 1.2× 47 3.3k
Susan Cumberledge United States 14 1.6k 0.6× 631 1.0× 317 0.7× 413 1.2× 96 0.6× 15 1.9k
Kaye Suyama United States 16 1.4k 0.5× 520 0.8× 354 0.7× 292 0.8× 130 0.8× 23 1.8k
Susan F. Godsave Netherlands 22 3.3k 1.2× 643 1.0× 512 1.1× 278 0.8× 137 0.8× 33 3.7k
Rebecca Spokony United States 11 1.7k 0.6× 297 0.5× 424 0.9× 314 0.9× 150 0.9× 12 2.0k
Yi Sun Taiwan 28 2.0k 0.8× 686 1.1× 471 1.0× 540 1.5× 363 2.2× 74 2.8k
Michel Cohen‐Tannoudji France 32 2.6k 1.0× 338 0.5× 756 1.6× 391 1.1× 294 1.8× 73 3.5k
Francesca Pignoni United States 17 2.1k 0.8× 547 0.9× 472 1.0× 610 1.7× 191 1.2× 39 2.4k
Jeffrey R. Guyon United States 23 2.0k 0.7× 613 1.0× 251 0.5× 167 0.5× 184 1.1× 43 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Denise Nellen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denise Nellen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Denise Nellen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Denise Nellen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Denise Nellen. Denise Nellen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Schweizer, Liang, Denise Nellen, & Konrad Basler. (2003). Requirement for Pangolin/dTCF in Drosophila Wingless signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(10). 5846–5851. 33 indexed citations
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Gerlitz, Offer, et al.. (2002). A screen for genes expressed in Drosophila imaginal discs. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(1). 173–176. 38 indexed citations
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Kramps, Thomas, O Péter, Erich Brunner, et al.. (2002). Wnt/Wingless Signaling Requires BCL9/Legless-Mediated Recruitment of Pygopus to the Nuclear β-Catenin-TCF Complex. Cell. 109(1). 47–60. 463 indexed citations
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Chamoun, Zeina, Randall K. Mann, Denise Nellen, et al.. (2001). Skinny Hedgehog, an Acyltransferase Required for Palmitoylation and Activity of the Hedgehog Signal. Science. 293(5537). 2080–2084. 354 indexed citations
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Burke, Richard, Denise Nellen, Manolo Bellotto, et al.. (1999). Dispatched, a Novel Sterol-Sensing Domain Protein Dedicated to the Release of Cholesterol-Modified Hedgehog from Signaling Cells. Cell. 99(7). 803–815. 447 indexed citations
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Nellen, Denise, Richard Burke, Gary Struhl, & Konrad Basler. (1996). Direct and Long-Range Action of a DPP Morphogen Gradient. Cell. 85(3). 357–368. 780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruberte, Esther, Thomas Marty, Denise Nellen, Markus Affolter, & Konrad Basler. (1995). An absolute requirement for both the type II and type I receptors, punt and thick veins, for Dpp signaling in vivo. Cell. 80(6). 889–897. 265 indexed citations
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Grieder, Nicole C., Denise Nellen, Richard Burke, Konrad Basler, & Markus Affolter. (1995). schnurri is required for drosophila Dpp signaling and encodes a zinc finger protein similar to the mammalian transcription factor PRDII-BF1. Cell. 81(5). 791–800. 175 indexed citations
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Nellen, Denise, Markus Affolter, & Konrad Basler. (1994). Receptor serine/threonine kinases implicated in the control of Drosophila body pattern by decapentaplegic. Cell. 78(2). 225–237. 249 indexed citations
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Affolter, Markus, Denise Nellen, Ute Nussbaumer, & Konrad Basler. (1994). Multiple requirements for the receptor serine/threonine kinase thick veins reveal novel functions of TGFβ homologs during Drosophila embryogenesis. Development. 120(11). 3105–3117. 125 indexed citations

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